Below are the three companies in the Electronic Equipment & Instruments industry with the lowest (positive) free cash flow per share. FCF/share is a valuable metric signaling a company's ability to facilitate growth in the business.

RealD ranks lowest with a FCF per share of $0.69. Daktronics is next with a FCF per share of $0.72. Newport ranks third lowest with a FCF per share of $0.85.

Rofin-Sinar Technologies follows with a FCF per share of $0.90, and Orbotech rounds out the bottom five with a FCF per share of $0.93.

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